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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
UN World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley talks to Agri-Pulse about how he won over skeptical lawmakers and worked with the Trump and Biden administrations to build the world's largest food aid effort and address a series of crises.
Leon Panetta, a former CIA director and secretary of defense under President Barack Obama, delivers a forceful call for both political parties to work together to bolster U.S. agriculture and address the nation’s fiscal problems.
An independent commission issues a report this week that's expected to make far-reaching recommendations for fixing widely perceived weaknesses in the Food and Drug Administration’s human foods programs.
The Senate overwhelmingly cleared a bill that will implement a new contract for rail workers, ending prospects for a strike or lockout that could have hobbled agricultural shipping and hammered the broader economy.
It’s up to the Senate to prevent a rail strike that President Biden says would be “devastating” to the U.S. economy. Ahead of a possible vote, Democrats will discuss the issue today with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
The House voted Wednesday to head off a possible railroad strike that could bring fertilizer shipments to a halt as soon as this weekend and potentially devastate the broader economy.